La Porte High School - El Pe Yearbook (La Porte, IN)

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INTRODUCING THE FACULTY During four years in high school, which soon is coming to a close, we, the seniors, have become well acquainted with our craftsmen who are better known as members of the faculty. These are the people who have assisted us in following the blue prints that our counselors helped us to draw. What a time our teachers have had to get us to build according to the blue prints which are planned for our stay in high school. These specialists have endured patiently our forbidden habits of chewing gum, making paper planes, writing notes, and talking constantly. Now that we suddenly realize that our high school days are coming to a close, we see how faithful, kind, patient, and, most of all, how valuable these artisans have been to us. They have made important contributions to our personalities, advised us on our pro- grams, spent nights grading papers, and answered thousands of our questions. Teachers' jobs are not only to fill students' minds with knowledge, but to do infinitely more. The faculty act as sponsors of school clubs, classes, and extra-curricular affairs; chap- erone activities; sell tickets at our games and dances; direct plays; and supervise many oth- er things. Frequently, it has been a task to guide us in building accurately according to the blue prints. In endeavoring to do so teachers have showed us how to be tactful, courteous, patri- otic, and loyal. If we wondered too far from our blue prints, they mailed our parents brief let- ters known to us as failing slips or sent us to have a talk with the principal. These specialists have not treated us as children, but as adults. They have let us feel the burden of responsibilities that in later years we are going to meet. When war was declared, these craftsmen volunteered their services. Some of them work- ed on stamp and bond drives and Red Cross committees, while others have joined the arm- ed services and war industries. We are very proud of the members of our faculty, for they are gallant leaders. In order for us to develop constructive traits, our faculty must possess them. These, em- bedded in their hearts, make them outstanding men and women. Although he continually keeps it locked in the deepest recess of his heart, each and every student has a warm feeling for these craftsmen. No matter how hard any builder may try to erase it, these unselfish friends leave an in- delible mark of faith, hope, education, and understanding upon the lives of their students.

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OUR DIRECTORS Our workshop runs efficiently and smoothly under the watchful eye of our directors, the Board of Education. In general their duties are to improve all matters pertaining to budget and school finance, to establish school policies, to see that adequate equipment and buildings are maintained, and to appoint architects, draftsmen, and craftsmen who help the builders carry out the blue prints designed for the building. These directors, Mr. Elwood O. Hawn, Dr. G. O. Larson, Mr. Ben C. Rees, give willingly their time and efforts to promote a better plan for the students in Building for the Future. The officers of the Parent-Teacher Association, Mrs. Iris Blank, Mr. John M. French, Mrs. Harry Can- field, Mrs. James M. Chase, and Mrs. Harry Williams, carefully planned a program carrying out the theme Youth Surveys the Community. The draftsmen, or counselors, who first meet the students and make the blue prints are: Mr. M. E. Hyde, Mrs. Muriel H. Russell, Miss Agnes V. Anderson, Mr. Harold Hargrave, and Mrs. Ruth A. Coffeen. Mrs. Eva T. Little, a member of the group, was absent at the time the picture was taken. P.T. A. ASSISTANTS THE DRAFTSMEN

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THROUGH THESE Ray R. Addington Elaine Ahrens Agnes V. Andersen J. O. Ault Florence A. Barros E. P. Beabout Thelma Beesley Iris B. Blank Esther V. Burrin Charleen Cosand Laurie F. Davis Dorothy Dick O. Don Edmonds Paul D. Egli Grant Frantz Harold Hargrave Edgar E. Hobbs Charlotte Hogle lessie S. Hotchkiss Norman J. Hubner